INDIANAPOLIS — The next time we’ll see the Delphi murders trial jury back in the Carroll County courtroom will be to read the verdict.
How soon that happens is up to those eight women and four men, but it raises the question: Is the old adage true, that a short deliberation indicates a finding of guilt?
“Our theory is usually the opposite of what you’re saying,” said 13News legal expert Katie Jackson-Lindsay. “It’s that if a fast verdict is for the defense, because a jury could quickly decide not to take away someone’s freedom, and then a longer verdict is usually for the state, because they’re really thinking through it. And so I think a lot those things are a bit superstitious.”…